2015 Ford Mustang — the sixties-inspired look continues and the tail end gets a graceful re-do

Ford released photos and details of the 2015 Ford Mustang today and while there are no real jolts — this is not the wholesale overhaul the C7 Corvette got earlier this year — the new Mustang is noticeably different from its predecessors. For the 2005 model year, Ford wisely reverted to the styling cues of its popular mid-1960s Mustang, the car that started the pony-car craze.

Now they’re simply continuing the trend. The car gets Ford’s 3.7-liter V6 as the base engine, albeit with 300 horsepower, driven through a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic. There’s also a 5-liter V8 with 420 horsepower. To me, the car looks more flowing, more of a continuous whole. The upturned tail gives it more of a forward look. More information in this Autoweek piece.